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Goldman Upgrade Lifts Orange as Bank Sees Hidden Organic Upside

Goldman Upgrade Lifts Orange as Bank Sees Hidden Organic Upside

Orange shares rose after Goldman Sachs upgraded the French telecom to Buy and set a €21.60 12-month target, implying about 22% upside from the prior close. The bank's case rests on an organic improvement in returns driven by a structural decline in capital expenditure intensity across France and Spain and stronger-than-expected performance at Orang…

U.S. futures climb as oil eases; Gulf firefight keeps markets on edge

U.S. futures climb as oil eases; Gulf firefight keeps markets on edge

U.S. stock index futures rose early on May 5 as oil prices ticked down, even as fresh exchanges of fire in the Gulf between the U.S. and Iran raised the prospect of renewed instability. Gains in futures contrasted with caution from investors who are weighing military developments against strong corporate earnings and macro data due later in the ses…

Citigroup to Set Higher Profit Targets, Sees AI Lifting Wealth Returns

Citigroup to Set Higher Profit Targets, Sees AI Lifting Wealth Returns

Citigroup will present new medium-term profitability targets and business-level growth plans at its upcoming investor day, CEO Jane Fraser said in an interview. The bank intends to raise the bar beyond its existing 2026 guidance, citing gains from a multi-year restructuring that trimmed size, simplified management layers and sold non-core consumer …

Avalon Posts Q1 Revenue Gain Led by Waste Management; Net Loss Narrows

Avalon Posts Q1 Revenue Gain Led by Waste Management; Net Loss Narrows

Avalon reported higher first-quarter revenue driven by stronger waste management services, reducing its net loss compared with the same quarter last year. The company recorded a net loss of $1.28 million, with operating and pretax losses of $736,000 and $1.24 million respectively. Revenue from waste management rose to $11.5 million, while revenue f…

April’s Rally and AI Picks: Three of the Top Four Winners Stay in Our May High-Conviction Portfolio

April’s Rally and AI Picks: Three of the Top Four Winners Stay in Our May High-Conviction Portfolio

April delivered an extraordinary rebound for U.S. equities, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 producing returns more typical of a full year. Our AI-driven ProPicks strategies identified numerous winners during that period, including four stocks that returned more than 40% in April. Three of those four remain in the AI’s high-conviction May selections…

Amazon Opens Its Logistics Platform to All Shippers; Transport Stocks Drop Amid Stifel Pushback

Amazon Opens Its Logistics Platform to All Shippers; Transport Stocks Drop Amid Stifel Pushback

Amazon has launched Amazon Supply Chain Services, broadening access to its integrated transportation, fulfillment and last-mile network to third-party shippers beyond its marketplace sellers. The announcement triggered steep declines in transportation stocks, but Stifel analysts contend the move formalizes existing offerings rather than represents …

Markets Steady as Strait Tensions Flare; AMD Earnings and Apple Supply Talks in Focus

Markets Steady as Strait Tensions Flare; AMD Earnings and Apple Supply Talks in Focus

U.S. equity futures moved higher after the previous session’s sell-off, as renewed strikes around the Strait of Hormuz shook investor confidence. The stability of a tentative U.S.-Iran ceasefire remains uncertain while Washington seeks to reopen the strategically vital waterway. Energy prices and regional risk drove sector rotation, even as chipmak…

UBS Predicts USD/CHF Will Slide to 0.78 by Year-End as Fed Tilts Toward Cuts

UBS Predicts USD/CHF Will Slide to 0.78 by Year-End as Fed Tilts Toward Cuts

UBS Switzerland projects the USD/CHF exchange rate will fall to 0.78 by December, citing an expected weakening of the US dollar as the Federal Reserve moves toward interest-rate reductions and investors shift focus to fundamentals. The bank held its end-June and end-September forecasts at 0.79 and flagged both near-term upside risks and longer-run …

Exane BNP Paribas Lift Prompts Modest Uptick in L’Oreal Shares

Exane BNP Paribas Lift Prompts Modest Uptick in L’Oreal Shares

L’Oreal shares rose 0.7% in Paris after Exane BNP Paribas upgraded the stock to neutral from underperform, pointing to the cosmetics group’s historical ability to absorb inflationary pressures. The broker increased its price target by 18% to 414 euros from 350 euros, and described L’Oreal’s sector-relative valuation as largely irrelevant for now.

Volvo Cars Sales Fall 10% as China and U.S. Demand Softens

Volvo Cars Sales Fall 10% as China and U.S. Demand Softens

Volvo Cars reported a 10% year-on-year decline in global deliveries for the three months through April, selling 162,864 vehicles. Weak demand in China and softer U.S. deliveries weighed on volume, while Europe showed resilience driven by fully electric models. Electrified vehicles accounted for 48% of sales, with fully electric cars up 14% and plug…

Volvo Cars Reports 10% Drop in Quarterly Sales as EV Mix Rises

Volvo Cars Reports 10% Drop in Quarterly Sales as EV Mix Rises

Volvo Cars said it sold 162,864 vehicles in the three months through April, a 10% decline from the same period a year earlier. Weak demand in China and softer U.S. deliveries weighed on the tally, even as electrified models accounted for nearly half of sales and fully electric vehicle deliveries increased for a seventh consecutive month.